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i'm becky quick, along with jim cramer. this is our special continuing coverage all day from capitol hill. mission critical, rise above d.c. we've had candid interviews with lawmakers all morning long. this is what we now know. senators bob corker and kent conrad agree more, not less needs to be included in the deal. conrad would like to see a whole lot more, he's calling this a big deal. something to the tune of $4 billion plus. also, congressman sander levin and garrett, they were here this morning. that's about the only thing they agreed on through the course of this. >> they agreed to sit together, quite an accomplishment. a sense of optimism on the hill this morning. the final points are still tripping up both sides. a democrat from virginia, directly involved in the talks, and is one of the gang of eight. senator, i'm thinking there was this movie when i was growing up, dr. strangelove. i'm thinking, after listening this morning, how i learned to stop worrying and love the fiscal cliff. is that where we are right now?
i'm becky quick, along with jim cramer. this is our special continuing coverage all day from capitol hill. mission critical, rise above d.c. we've had candid interviews with lawmakers all morning long. this is what we now know. senators bob corker and kent conrad agree more, not less needs to be included in the deal. conrad would like to see a whole lot more, he's calling this a big deal. something to the tune of $4 billion plus. also, congressman sander levin and garrett, they were here this...
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thank you very much, becky. great stuff. thank you for sticking around. >> thank you. >> sticking with the cliff, governors are set to meet with president obama and congressional leaders. the meeting coming one day after the white house rejected a republican plan for averting the cliff. chi chief washington correspondent john harwood is outside of the white house this morning. how do business leaders change the equation? >> reporter: the president is trying to orchestrate a consensus behind his approach to deficit reduction. this is a group part of the national governors association executive committee. a diverse group. he carried three states he represents and governors include scott walker, leader of conservative government reform movement going after public employee pensions and shrink government obligations that way. governors are pragmatic. the president is trying to make the case if you look at polls and revenue needs of the government and ageing of our population, the pragmatic thing to do is trim entitlements. the si
thank you very much, becky. great stuff. thank you for sticking around. >> thank you. >> sticking with the cliff, governors are set to meet with president obama and congressional leaders. the meeting coming one day after the white house rejected a republican plan for averting the cliff. chi chief washington correspondent john harwood is outside of the white house this morning. how do business leaders change the equation? >> reporter: the president is trying to orchestrate a...
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i thought becky was going to be here. i got becky, because she's kind of a jersey girl. i got this for all my guys in the company. the guy who runs my d.c. office, dan clifton. this is fiscal clifton world tour. and all the places where he was, various and sundry places -- >> who is that band? >> this is k.i.s.s. and my partner -- >> we've got to go. jason, thank you for all of this. we appreciate it very much. join us on wednesday. happy holidays. "squawk on the street" starts right now. >> can't wait to see what jason got us here. welcome to "squawk on the street" on this final trading day before christmas. i'm carl, with melissa lee, david faber at the nyse. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq closing at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. the futures, a little bit of weakness here which we'll talk about in a minute, after it comes after a pretty bad day on friday. the european markets closed for the christmas eve holidays. london, paris, spain have each completed shortened sessions in light of the christmas holiday as well. the friday sell-off, only five trading days are left
i thought becky was going to be here. i got becky, because she's kind of a jersey girl. i got this for all my guys in the company. the guy who runs my d.c. office, dan clifton. this is fiscal clifton world tour. and all the places where he was, various and sundry places -- >> who is that band? >> this is k.i.s.s. and my partner -- >> we've got to go. jason, thank you for all of this. we appreciate it very much. join us on wednesday. happy holidays. "squawk on the...
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becky quick, jim cramer, maria bartiromo holding their feet to the fire about where they stand on the fiscal cliff and how they'll do their part to rise above partisan politics and reach a deal. now, there are some bowles comments. 40%, yeah, but the odds are much better. they're still 35% chance it will not happen. it's not exactly confidence building. >> not necessarily confidence building. always interesting to me how people can put percentage chances on anything like this. seeing how difficult it is and how the story changes to a certain steextent each day. who knows what's going to happen. >> public care, confidence numbers, spending, any relationship to the fiscal cliff at five. >> i don't know. i just don't know. i think anecdotally, from what i have been able to observe, no. but i can't speak for that. the journal today has the lead stories of consumer spending starting so slow. and in part, they cite the fiscal cliff. i think if you were out there, you would get answers that would not necessarily describe it correctly. >> it's a shame it's called fiscal cliff. and called radi
becky quick, jim cramer, maria bartiromo holding their feet to the fire about where they stand on the fiscal cliff and how they'll do their part to rise above partisan politics and reach a deal. now, there are some bowles comments. 40%, yeah, but the odds are much better. they're still 35% chance it will not happen. it's not exactly confidence building. >> not necessarily confidence building. always interesting to me how people can put percentage chances on anything like this. seeing how...
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i know some people will be away next week, including becky. but we'll be together this is the best. you'll love this stuff, if you remember last year. you give bottles of this away and you make friends, i promise you. >> barry, your thought on what we do here for the market? >> first of all, broadly, i think the market has had -- and will continue to have a really difficult time assessing public policy risks. my first 24 years in the business, the only focus that you have was on the fed. and so we're just in the wrong spot. >> happy holidays to everybody. squawk is like a cocktail party in the morning. so thank you, guys. appreciate it. >> happy holidays, everybody. time for "squawk on the street." >>> good friday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm melissa lee, along with carl cramer and david faber. this could be a very big day in the markets. the day after the attempt to pass plan b in the house has failed. we saw the futures down as much as 200 points. right now we're down 162 on the dow. the s&p looking to lose about 19 at the open. most notely we're seeing a spike
i know some people will be away next week, including becky. but we'll be together this is the best. you'll love this stuff, if you remember last year. you give bottles of this away and you make friends, i promise you. >> barry, your thought on what we do here for the market? >> first of all, broadly, i think the market has had -- and will continue to have a really difficult time assessing public policy risks. my first 24 years in the business, the only focus that you have was on the...